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Old 09-05-2007, 06:20 PM
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Re: [RPG]: Tatters of the King, reviewed by talien (5/4)

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Originally Posted by bluejay View Post
Tatters is (IMHO) an excellent campaign and a worthy addition to the Chaosium catalogue. Unfortunately I buy adventures so that I don't have to spend too long in preparation and I feel that this campaign requires a fair amount of prep for many of the sessions.
I agree. Because I already had a campaign setting, TotK "got off the hook" in a lot of ways. And there are a few leaps of logic required between scenarios: the connection between Gresty and Hillary is tenuous and felt like a major sidebar.

In converting the book from Cthulhu to d20, it was interesting to see how so many details that aren't important in CoC are critical in d20. Like, just how many Tcho-Tchos fit in that cramped tunnel?

Fortunately, my PCs were smart enough to not do anything stupid like attack bad guys who obviously had the upper hand. Except when it came to Malcolm. They killed him in cold blood and without hesitation. Between Malcolm's death and the murder of Talbot Estus, the book provided plenty of role-playing opportunities with difficult moral choices, which you don't get a lot of in D&D these days. Great stuff.

Thanks for your comments!
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